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Liver-resident CD8+ T cells in viral hepatitis: not always good guys
2 Jan 2023
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More than twenty years ago, non-HBV-specific CD8+ T cells were found to contribute to liver immunopathology in chronic HBV infection, while HBV-specific CD8+ T cells were noted to contribute to viral control. The role of HBV-specific CD8+ T cells in viral control and the mechanisms of their failure in persistent infection have been intensively studied during the last two decades, but the exact nature of...
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